Where does “monsoonish” come from?
monsoonish (English) comes from English monsoon, from Dutch moesson, from French mousson, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم, from Arabic موسم, from Arabic وسم — to mark, to brand, impress a sign, to tag; to...
monsoonish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a monsoon
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a monsoon
Ancestry of “monsoonish”, step by step
monsoonish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English monsoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monsoon | Any of a number of winds associated with regions... |
| 2 | Dutch | moesson | monsoon |
| 3 | French | mousson | monsoon |
| 4 | Portuguese | monção | monsoon; opportunity, occasion; each of the... |
| 5 | Arabic | مَوْسِم | season, holiday |
| 6 | Arabic | موسم | season; festive season; festival, holiday |
| 7 | Arabic | وسم | to mark, to brand, impress a sign, to tag; to... |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |